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palata | on: Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork
> I'm still cleaning up multi-GB model weights floating around in hidden subdirectories under my user profile from months ago when I was experimenting with local models!

Are you trying to say that local models are hard to use because... you're having issues handling files properly? I am not sure I get the argument.

I get the rest of the comment: local models require an investment upfront, and it is less convenient. It doesn't say that it is not cheaper, though.

gpugreg | parent
> you're having issues handling files properly?

I guess they were using ollama, which does not tell you where it puts the models it downloads.

accrual | root | parent
Filelight / ncdu are my friends for finding random 30GB directories containing cached models.
gpugreg | root | parent
Personally, I prefer QDirStat. I just tried to use FileLight to compare, but the package seems to be broken on Lubuntu.
jiggawatts | root | parent
You two have just listed several tools needs to clean up after another tool: not a strong argument for “simpler”.